WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania could lose 360 teachers and teacher aides, more than half a million dollars for public safety grants, and 5,280 children may not receive vaccines, according to new White House data.

As part of its ongoing effort to increase pressure on congressional Republicans to delay looming federal spending cuts, the White House on Sunday released a state-by-state analysis of potential cuts.

With just one work-week left before an automatic trigger sets off $85 billion in annual federal spending cuts, the White House warned that in the remaining seven months of the 2013 fiscal year, Pennsylvanians will feel the effects of the shrunken federal budget.

The cuts, known in Washington as the "sequester," is a result of Congress' failure to reach agreement on a big deficit-reduction plan. President Obama has called on Congress to put off the cuts and work together on a "grand bargain" of spending cuts and new revenue, the latter obtained through closing certain tax loopholes and deductions.

As the White House pushes forward with a "sky is falling" public relations campaign, Republicans contend that the cuts – which they've wanted all along – wouldn't actually be so bad.

"I believe the cuts need to be better distributed, but I think there is a fair amount of fear-mongering going on," U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, R-15th district, said Sunday. "I'm prepared to vote to rebalance them… I'd rather it be a plan passed by the Congress, but absent that I'm open to giving the administration more flexibility."

One of the harshest components of the sequester is that it was written to hit every federal program indiscriminately. A plan being floated by Republicans is to force the same amount of cuts to go forward but to give the Obama administration discretion over where to cut.

Dent said it's an idea his party is considering, and one he's open to supporting. And U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey's spokesperson said the Pennsylvania Republican is also amicable to the idea.

If Democrats resist, it's an opportunity for Republicans to shift blame. The sequester debate has largely been reduced to finger pointing over whose fault the sequester is to begin with.

In a call with reporters on Sunday, Obama senior advisor Dan Pfieffer said if the cuts go into effect it will be because the Republicans chose to let it happen.

The hand-picked state data regarding popular federal programs released by the White House is meant to make the "sequester," a wonky term that makes most of the public's eyes glaze over, tangible and personal.

The White House says Head Start services won't be available for 2,300 Pennsylvania children, domestic violence services won't be there for 1,000 state victims, and 3,160 Pennsylvania college students wouldn't have access to student aid.

Also Sunday, the Obama administration dispatched outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a former GOP congressman, to the morning talk shows to discuss the headaches the cuts could cause for traveling Americans.

Ahead of the weekend, the White House put out a list of potentially affected airports. The Allentown air traffic control tower at Lehigh Valley International Airport was cited as one place where overnight shifts could be canceled.

"We're going to try and cut as much as we possibly can out of contracts and other things that we do. But in the end, there has to be some kind of furlough of air traffic control," LaHood said on CNN's "State of the Union" show. "That then will also begin to curtail or eliminate the opportunity for them to guide planes in and out of airports."

However, the difficulty for the White House in making its case – unlike the fiscal cliff debate that, if not resolved, would have immediately resulted in higher taxes for nearly all Americans – is that the impacts of the sequester will come more slowly. For weeks after the cuts go into effect, it will appear to most Americans like nothing has changed.